To end the month Patently Apple has discovered one last patent application in Europe that illustrates Apple’s vision for a Virtual or Dynamic Trackpad with regions that could extend to the MacBook’s sidewalls. Apple also…
Apple Strengthens Project Titan Team by hiring Tesla’s VP of Engineering who had worked on the Model 3 and Tesla Semi. The new VP has over 100 patents to his credit covering autonomous vehicles which…
According to a recent report, Apple’s Senior Director in Platform Architecture responsible for SOC and CPU development Gerard Williams III has departed from the company last month even though his LinkedIn bio has yet to…
The Intellectual Property Owners Association (IPO) will offer a one-hour webinar entitled “Standing to Appeal from the PTAB” on April 4, 2019 from 2:00 to 3:00 pm (ET). Neal Dahiya of Bristol-Myers Squibb Company; Michael…
American Conference Institute (ACI) will be holding its 17th Advanced Summit on Life Sciences Patents conference on May 16-17, 2019 in New York, NY. The conference will offer presentations on the following topics: • Patenting…
The Intellectual Property Law Association of Chicago (IPLAC) International Patent Committee will be presenting a program entitled “Can My Blockchain Do That? A Discussion of Blockchain Beyond Cryptocurrency” on April 4, 2019 from 5:15 to…
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office will be holding the 2019 Business Methods Partnership Meeting from 10:00 am to 3:00 pm (ET) on April 2, 2019. The meeting is an opportunity to bring stakeholders together…
In the post-eBay v. MercExchange era, patent holders seeking rapid injunctive relief basically have two choices: the USITC (provided that the accused products are imported into the U.S. and that the domestic industry requirement can…
It was just Monday that AppleInsider reported that Apple’s AirPower charging mat might be on the verge of release when bam, Apple has announced that their long delayed AirPower Product is officially cancelled. View the…
The U.S. Patent and Trademark Office published two Apple Inc. trademark applications covering a major update to their International Classes to protect the iPad mini and the iPad Air as gaming consoles. View the original…
Yesterday the US Patent & Trademark Office published a patent application from Apple relating to iDevices that deliver haptic output. More particularly, the invention relates to providing electrostatic haptic output through coating a surface of…
Yesterday the US Patent & Trademark Office published a patent application from Apple relating to Project Titan and more specifically to multi-modal sensing for nighttime autonomous driving object detection and recognition. The superiority of the…
A couple of days ago TechCrunch posted a report about the MacBook’s keyboard woes and the apology Apple offered a writer at the Wall Street Journal who had a keyboard problem. A new patent application…
Rapper files TM registration for cups and posters; faces backlash from fans over ‘ownership’ View the original article here: Cardi B applies for ‘Okurrr’ mark The article was originally posted on IPMagazine. Each article is…
Sportswear behemoth wins opposition; board claims Nike’s slogan is one of the ‘most famous’ advertising phrases created View the original article here: ‘Just say it’ too similar to Nike’s ‘Just do it’, TTAB holds The…
Janice V Rice and Tamara Fraizer discuss recent developments in US law that should be considered in IP due diligence View the original article here: Moveable pieces The article was originally posted on IPMagazine. Each…
SCOTUS is set to decide on a case that will determine what happens to licence agreements when the licensor files for bankruptcy View the original article here: Fate of licences in bankruptcy The article was…
Sony Mobile has engaged Anaqua to manage its patent and trademark portfolios, extending Anaqua’s relationship with the company. View the original article here: Anaqua extends Sony relationship for IP management solutions The article was originally…
More than a month ago I described, based on some key pretrial filings, the contours of the Apple-Qualcomm dispute, which will go to trial on April 15, as follows: “Apple emphasizes antitrust, FRAND, patent exhaustion —…
The triply illegitimate European Parliament vote in favor of a copyright bill requiring upload filters (as the French government, its #1 proponent, has since stated clearly and German EU commissioner Günther Oettinger considers “not entirely…